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(56,482 posts)and court evidence in which he admitted to giving Quaaludes to women to have "sex" with them is more worthy of the benefit of the doubt that the Bush family. That is what I would like to know. No one in that thread disputed your posts about Bush. They simply observed a contradiction that you expressed concern about declaring a rapist guilty absent a criminal conviction and your position on political figures you accuse of criminal activity.
Rape is central to equal rights. 25 percent of women are raped in their life times. It's a form of power far broader reaching than the BFEE. I am continually disturbed at how being accused of rape seems to elevate a person's standing in some quarters. I see special treatment afforded rapists as opposition to the rights of women and human equality. Rape is a civil rights issue, and DOJ has begun treating it as such on college campuses by extending Title IX protection to female students.
I see your evasion and efforts to deflect from that subject as an insult to women like me. Rape is part of an oppressive apparatus of power that strips women of their human rights. To treat rapists as somehow better or more deserving of the benefit of the doubt is, IMO, is part of the subjugation of women. Politics is not just about great and evil men. It is about the daily lives of ordinary people who suffer due to exploitation and injustice.
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